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The Emory Critical Illness Center is looking for an Acute Care Research Nurse to assist in supporting its critical care and emergency medicine research. Critical care or acute care nursing experience is essential. Clinical research experience in: participant screening, recruitment, CRF completion, data entry and regulatory activities as it relates to day-to-day study management is preferred. This will be an in-person full time position with on-call work requirements.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

• Provides specialized research support for assigned patient populations in accordance with established research protocols.

• Performs patient evaluations, administers medications and research instruments and provides nursing support to perform specialized diagnostic, therapeutic and surgical procedures.

• May provide direction in the development of appropriate research protocols.

• Will work as part of a team to provide continuous programmatic coverage to screen, recruit and enroll patients in acute care related research protocols, many of which will evolve in an urgent/emergent manner.

• Makes referrals to in-house or community professionals and serves as clinical resource and develops and conducts patient and family education, as needed.

• Collects data, assists in developing data collection systems and compiles reports.

• The patient population will largely consist of patients in acute care settings to include surgical ICUs and Emergency Rooms, and patients involved in complex, time sensitive surgical procedures such as organ transplants.

• Work schedule may require call including weekend and night rotations.

• Additional duties will include facilitating protocol adherence, sample/data acquisition and investigational drug administration.

• May assist in writing research grants, publications in medical and nursing literature, study materials, brochures and correspondence.

• The work environment will include operating rooms, emergency rooms, intensive care units and other challenging environments, under potentially critical/traumatic situations.

• Able to function independently and maintain composure under stressful situations.

• Employees in this classification may be required to work with, take specific precautions against and/or be immunized against potentially hazardous agents.

• Performs related duties as required.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Licensed as a Registered Nurse in the state of Georgia and three years of related nursing experience, preferably in acute care, surgery, transplant or related acute care specialty.

• Must be credentialed through Emory Healthcare under the category of RN II.

NOTE: Position tasks are required to be performed in-person at an Emory University location; working remote is not an option. Emory reserves the right to change this status with notice to employee.

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Job Number 126013

Job Type Regular Full-Time

Division School Of Medicine

Department SOM: Emerg Med: Admin

This position may involve the following Health and Safety issues: Position involves clinical patient contact., Working in a laboratory, Working with human blood, body fluids, tissues, or other potentially infectious materials.

Job Category Research & Research Administration

Campus Location (For Posting) : City Atlanta

Location : Name Emory University Hospital